The original paper Lack of awareness despite complex visual processing: Evidence from event-related potentials in a case of selective metamorphopsia [1] is not

The original paper Lack of awareness despite complex visual processing: Evidence from event-related potentials in a case of selective metamorphopsia [1] is not as Freudian as the article about “consciousness”: > How does the neural activity evoked by visual stimuli support visual awareness? In this paper we report on an individual with a rare type of neural degeneration as a window into the neural responses underlying visual awareness. When presented with stimuli containing faces and target words—regardless of whether the patient was aware of their presence—the neuro-physiological responses were indistinguishable. These data support the possibility that extensive visual processing, up to and including activation of identity, can occur without resulting in visual awareness of the stimuli. [1] https://www.pnas.org/content/117/27/16055 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/27/16055